Wednesday, November 9th, 2016
DD levy renewed
By William Kincaid
CELINA - Mercer County voters on Election Day approved a new Department of Job and Family Services tax levy to help pay for operating and capital improvement expenditures to support children's services.
They also voted to renew the county Board of Developmental Disabilities' operating levy. [More]
By William Kincaid
CELINA - Mercer County Commissioner Jerry Laffin resoundingly defeated Democratic challenger Kathy Deitsch by capturing 75.7 percent of the vote, securing another four-year term.
Laffin, a 77-year-old Coldwater Republican, who's been a county commissioner since Jan. 2, 1981, garnered 15,665 votes to Deitsch's 5,015, according to the county board of election's unofficial results. [More]
Obituaries on November 9th, 2016
Doris Jean (Inderrieden) Durnell of St. Marys and Coldwater, Ohio, passed away at Briarwood Village, Coldwater, Ohio, on November 1, 2016, at the age of 88. [More]
Alice M. Kuehner age 94 of Minster, Ohio passed away at 12:35 PM Monday, November 7, 2016 at Heritage Manor Nursing Center, Minster. [More]
V. Lucille Rogers, 94, St. Marys, OH died Tuesday November 1, 2016 at St. Marys Living Center. [More]
Edward L. Kunk Sr., age 90, of St. Henry, formerly of Dayton, died November 8, 2016 at the Gardens at St. Henry. [More]
Local pictures on November 9th, 2016
Subscriber stories on November 9th, 2016
Voters participated in droves this presidential election, casting their ballots either earlier or showing up at the polls on Election Day on Tuesday.
COLDWATER - Officials are considering installing field turf at the football field.
Athletic director Eric Goodwin said during Tuesday's school board meeting that he has been researching installation and maintenance costs of a turf field.
A Shelby County judge won the open seat on the Ohio Third District Court of Appeals.
Judge William Zimmerman, 63, the presiding Shelby County Proba
Huffman unopposed
Keith Faber, R-Celina, easily defeated Ed Huff Jr., D-Ansonia, for the Ohio House of Representatives District 84 spot held by Jim Buchy, R-Greenville
St. Marys and Rockford voters approved Sunday alcohol sales options for three businesses.
Pantry Pride, 1550 Celina Road, St. Marys, was granted Su
ROCKFORD - Parkway school board members learned Tuesday that insurance rates for 2017 will remain relatively similar to 2016.
Of the three plans
MINSTER - School district voters on Tuesday approved two levy renewal issues.
The 15-year, 1 percent income tax was approved with 1,864 or 74 perce
By ED GEBERT, JARED MAUCH AND WILLIAM KINCAID
newsdept@dailystandard.com
Three area Republican congressmen held off Democrat challenges to win re-election Tuesday night.
Voters in both Fort Recovery and Mendon on Tuesday approved tax levy renewals.
In Fort Recovery, two renewals were approved. A 2.3-mill current expenses levy won approval 482-226, while a 2.5-mill street repair levy passed by a 502-215 count. Both levies have been collected since 2007.
Linda Haycock, the president of Shawnee Schools Board of Education near Lima for the past eight years, won a four-way contest for the 1st District seat on the State Board of Education in Tuesday's election.
College Notes
By Colin Foster and Gary R. Rasberry
Owens Community College volleyball coaches Denny Caldwell, Sonny Lewis and Billy Bonham were in St. Marys Monday signing another volleyball player from the area in Ally Angstmann.